The Greater Cincinnati Foundation has awarded two Learning Links grants of $1,000 each to Pleasant Ridge Montessori for the 2017-18 school year! The first grant will strengthen and expand our “Breakfast Brainiacs” baskets of engaging materials available for 9-12 students every school morning. It will also weave this program with the new “Art in the Hall” program with a game…

PRM has a new Outdoor Educator! Ellie Falk has started her new job at the Civic Garden Center as their Youth Education Coordinator. Her position at PRM has been filled by Laurie Nichols. Laurie has worked in outdoor education for several years with the Cincinnati Nature Center, and has also worked as an IPP for the 9-12 level here at…

Beautiful weather, teachers, staff and great volunteers from University of Cincinnati created a recipe for an amazing day at field day last week for the communities of PRM! Students gathered at 1000 Hands Park for tug-o-war, water balloon toss, baseball, human hungry hippos, obstacle courses, jumping bag races, face painting and even fresh fruit smoothies!

New Bird Watching Station helps students get excited about birds. The 1st grade students in Ms. Ashley’s class helped design and build this bird watching station as part of a larger academic study of project-based learning. The labor was donated by a PRM friend, and the materials were purchased through a grant from The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Learning Links program.…

Kindergarten Classes enjoyed the Nutcracker through a field experience, and the Montessori curriculum was designed around the event to reinforce learning through experience. Thank you PRM Kindergarten teachers for your great work!

Great news! Grants Support New and Expanding Programs at PRM! The Kinder Morgan Foundation awarded the PRM Foundation a grant of $3,923 to support the Reflex and TouchMath math programs at PRM. Rolled out at PRM during the 2015-16 year, Reflex is an online software program that has proven to increase math fact fluency in a fun, engaging way. Because…

We asked parents why they send their students to PRM and here is one response: PRM is a supportive community that wants children to learn in academic, social, and emotional ways. The teachers, staff members, administrators, parents, and many neighbors work as hard as they can to help children receive and excellent elementary education that prepares them to continue to…